Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes ‘reluctantly’ quits the group in the wake of news that FBI considers them ‘extremists’

antifainternational:

Millionaire Gavin McInnes shows his true craven colors by turning his back on the white supremacist gang he created and led because there’s now potential consequences.  “Proud of your Boy,” huh?

Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes ‘reluctantly’ quits the group in the wake of news that FBI considers them ‘extremists’

fidnru:

middle aged white man with trump maga van sends pipe bombs and anthrax to 13 prominent democratic politicians, donors, and media outlets.

middle aged white man who claims he ‘doesn’t shoot whites’ attempts to enter a black church for a massacre, fails, and murders two random black strangers in a grocery store.

white man yells ‘all jews must die!’ before entering a synagogue during shabbat and opening fire. the news is still breaking, but at least eight people are confirmed dead.

it’s been 48 hours.

People Are Claiming This Asian American Doctor Who Took A Knee Is Too Privileged To Speak Out

phoenix-ace:

soulsoaker:

“The common theme among these white supremacists is to accuse me of ‘Asian privilege,’” Gu said. “Their arguments were that because I went to Stanford and Duke Medical School, I should be thankful and not complain about systemic racism…”

“It struck me as incredibly racist because I have every right to show solidarity with African-Americans in this country, my fellow Americans, who are subjected to police brutality and injustice…“

“In fact, successful white Americans and Hollywood stars comment about this all the time. Why is it that I, as an Asian-American, cannot comment on prevailing social and racial issues affecting America today? Do I have no voice?” Gu added.

Perfect case study of how the model minority myth/perceived whiteness of East Asians is used to damage antiracist efforts

If Dr. Gu, or any non black person of color, threw black people under the bus, you can bet that these racists wouldnt be telling them to “shut up and be grateful”.

*Racist White* People Are Claiming This Asian American Doctor Who Took a Knee Is Too Privileged To Speak Out

fixed it

this is solidarity. if you’re not black, you still need to support black lives. kneel at the damn ball game. don’t be complicit. the fact that this one simple tweet got all the racists all worked up proves that it is necessary.

People Are Claiming This Asian American Doctor Who Took A Knee Is Too Privileged To Speak Out

justsomeantifas:

Calling your immigration bill that makes it easier to deport and punish immigrants and cuts immigration by 25% the “Securing America’s Future Act” is such a loud dog whistle it might as well be a normal whistle. 

How Jewish Progressives Can Stand Up Against Left Anti-Semitism – Tablet Magazine

littlegoythings:

While bigots and conspiracy theorists continue to target Jews far in excess of any other religious minorities in America, a combination of neo-Nazi events like Charlottesville and ongoing allegations of anti-Semitism against high-profile progressives has shaken confidence that either the political left or the right are staked in protecting our community. Instead, we see that anti-Semitism is becoming part of mainstream discourse across party lines. Those of us on the left have an obligation to stand up and stop it from derailing and destroying the justice movements we have helped to build, and continue to be a vital part of in the United States.

There are those who say anti-Semitism can be ignored as a “side issue” in Trump’s America, and that there are too many vulnerable people in too much peril for us to be “distracted” or “divided” by focusing on anti-Jewish hate. They are mistaken. Hate emboldens hate. As Eric K. Ward has written here, anti-Semitism fuels white supremacy. In fact, anti-Semitism is the core ideological foundation of white supremacist ideology in Trump’s America. If we ignore the smoke of anti-Semitism rising, the American progressive movement will find itself engulfed in flames.

How Jewish Progressives Can Stand Up Against Left Anti-Semitism – Tablet Magazine

rockemsockemrocket:

I had this dream the other night where my crew was beating the snot out of a proud boy convention in park slope, and one of them was a boy I went to highschool with and he tried to give me shit for being slutty in highschool, and I stopped mid-beatdown and said “joke’s on you, fuckface, I am so much sluttier now,” and I am sad to report that awake me will never top that line as long as I goddamn live.

sassygaysatan:

thatdiabolicalfeminist:

sassygaysatan:

sure, when my grandfather fought nazis and fascism he was “a hero” and “on the right side of history” but when i do it im “way too sensitive” and “no better than they are”

That’s because when our white grandparents fought Nazis, it was for fear of them taking power away from other white people.

White Europeans and Americans were explicitly fine with genocide and the ideologies that led to it – a great many people, including Churchill, vocally supported most of what the Nazis were doing. Their only fight with Nazis was to maintain sovereignty from takeover.

Today’s Nazi-fighters usually have a problem with white supremacy and the antisemitism and racism etc behind it – which most of our white grandparents didn’t see a problem with and neither do many white people today.

This is why so many people don’t see any reason to stop the Nazis now, or why many others think it’s purely a struggle for Democrats or other neoliberal parties in other countries who might lose political power if they gain traction. Many people don’t see Nazis as a real problem unless they threaten the political power of other white people.

White supremacist organizations and movements have been a life-threatening scourge for people of colour and Jewish people this entire time. It’s really important that we focus on that as the real threat, or we risk having the same myopic perspective as generations past.

This was a great addition to my original post so I’m reblogging it.